As sinners, we have turned our world into a hell while on our way to hell. For the time being, Satan seems to have gained much control of the world, even fracturing and greatly weakening the Church (Go on https://www.lifesitenews.com/ to learn about what a sad state both the world and the Church are in.) It's time for us remnant followers of Christ to become extra obedient to him and to pray extra hard. The call to become holy to fight alongside the Lord is more urgent than ever.
Friday, May 3, 2024
*A Special Feeling
Communion experience. I attend morning Mass at the local Mount St. Joseph Chapel on weekdays. On average, around ten attendees show up. Today, I saw no other cars in the parking lot and thought perhaps there's no Mass. It turned out that I was the entire congregation there for Mass, and I got that special feeling. Fr. Steve said the whole Mass for me. After receiving the Lord, I didn't say any special prayers—I just remained still in the Lord, cherishing his company.
Thursday, May 2, 2024
**Going Back to God Easy
Going downhill is always easier than going uphill, and tearing down a house a lot easier than building one. Falling away from God is super easy, but going back to him can be super easy if you are awakened to the need for returning to him. You simply turn to him, repent your sins, and ask him to forgive you, and you are right back with him. Many people accomplish this in their last moments of life. This is indeed good news! With God there is always hope, and he always makes things easy for you!
**Perfect peace
Communion experience. The peace you feel belonging to Christ the Lord is the most perfect peace you can possibly experience on earth.
***Sign the Spirit Dwells in Us
This is a sign showing that we are temples of the Holy Spirit: We feel an unsuppressible inner urge to proclaim the gospel to everyone as Christ had instructed the eleven to before he was taken up into heaven.
***Obediance Our Foremost Goal***
We pray "thy will be done" every time we say the Lord's Prayer. This should be our foremost goal as Christians. Not only we should pray it, but also live it!
*****Get Attached to God Alone*****
We should attach ourselves to the Lord God alone. This is how we become free! Don't be attached to the passing world, for our final abode will be in heaven; nor to anyone else in the world either, for all present relationships last only in this life. In the next, we'll all be children before the Lord, looking the same young age forever. The Lord God is all we need to hold onto for eternal happiness.
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
**Apt offering to God
Offer your heart and soul up to the Lord to be purified and revitalized, and he'll make you anew.
*Best Care for Us*
Do you know that we get the best possible care in this life when we obey the Lord in all things? Certainly, our eternal future will be taken care of. Next, we'll be able to endure all the hardships and still experience freedom, peace, and joy.
**We're Not at a Disadvantage
The Apostles followed the Lord for about three years, but we are not really at a disadvantage. We have the Scriptures and the writings of the Church Father and all the great saints, so we know just as much about the Lord, if not more. As far as knowing him personally is concerned, seeing him or not doesn't make any difference either, for the Lord transcends time and space and can communicate with us anytime anywhere.
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
***Appreciating God's Love More***
I felt sorrow because of the way someone responded to me (not to get into the details). Then I realized that all sorrows that hurt me were caused by someone or even myself, never never by the Lord! In fact, the Lord always consoles me whenever I feel sorrowful! Now, when someone hurts someone other than me, I feel sorrowful too. But that's still caused by someone and not by the Lord. The only time the Lord makes me feel sorrowful is when he lets me see my own sins so that I may repent them and be joyful again. Anyway, this realization makes me love the Lord even more, who knows only how to love.
*Patience a Sign of Holiness*
Trust in God 100%. The Lord has the timing of everything. We are not to wonder, worry, or get anxious about anything. The faithful anticipate without impatience.
*****Be Genuinely Catholic*****
It is easy to go through the motion of being a Catholic and not be genuinely Catholic. Any of the following can make you a fake Catholic: Being pro-abortion, loving the world more than Christ, no reverence for the Holy Eucharist, not going to confession when you should, praying not much nor from the heart, lack of humility... It's always good to think that you are falling way short of loving God as you should so that you can grow holier. My advice is to go all out all the way to seek union with the Lord through the Holy Eucharist, then you can forget about all the concerns! This is absolutely the simplest, most direct, and most expedient way of knowing the Lord and becoming perfect. "Be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Matthew 5:48)
***The Lord Most Personal***
The Lord God loves me. He would have died for me alone to save me. He made me and thereby thoroughly understands me. He now remains in me and lets me remain in him every moment of my existence. He guides me, shields me from all evil, and consoles me when I am sorrowful. He keeps me alive and fully hopeful, looking forward to going to where he is. He is the one and only most personal person to me.
Monday, April 29, 2024
***Affected by the Lord
Communion experience. The Lord consoled me, making me willing to accept all things for his sake.
*****Love's the Key
Today is the memorial of Saint Catherine of Sienna. In the Gospel reading from John 14, Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him." So love Jesus and you'll know him. (Naturally, if you love him, you'd be wide-open to him. So it's also correct to say "Be wide-open to Jesus to let him love you and you'll know him.)
*Quick Learning from God
Remain open and attentive, and you'll hear the Lord speaking to your heart, teaching you his ways. Coupled with a childlike faith, you are sure to grow quickly spiritually.
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